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Methane Emissions, 1974

1974, as EDGAR’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Methane Emissions, 1974 covers 207 countries. United States is highest, at 30,817.3350; Nauru is lowest, at 0.0312. The middle country reads 154.1068. Against 1973, 207 values changed (152 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Methane Emissions · Data for 1974

HighestUnited States

30,817.3350

LowestNauru

0.0312

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Methane Emissions, 1974, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Methane Emissions, 1974: every country, as published by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR).
United StatesUSANorthern America30,817.3350
ChinaCHNEastern Asia24,844.8614
IndiaINDSouthern Asia15,496.4541
RussiaRUSEastern Europe11,829.0969
BrazilBRASouth America7,487.4588
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,458.7742
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,664.9389
IranIRNSouthern Asia5,531.1295
PolandPOLEastern Europe5,409.4654
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,655.3271
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,519.1729
ArgentinaARGSouth America4,178.0698
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,907.5541
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,815.3272
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,302.8908
CanadaCANNorthern America3,136.2749
IraqIRQWestern Asia2,954.9317
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,872.0576
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2,438.3511
MexicoMEXCentral America2,051.7735
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,048.1639
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1,912.9661
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1,862.8923
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,834.7170
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,736.7298

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States30,817.3350
  2. China24,844.8614
  3. India15,496.4541
  4. Russia11,829.0969
  5. Brazil7,487.4588

Lowest

  1. Nauru0.0312
  2. Marshall Islands0.0324
  3. Tuvalu0.0439
  4. Anguilla0.0445
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands0.0513

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 154.1068. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 152 · 55rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Nigeria5,936.4303 → 6,458.7742+522.3438
  • Brazil7,097.7642 → 7,487.4588+389.6946
  • Russia11,460.8822 → 11,829.0969+368.2147
  • China24,587.3720 → 24,844.8614+257.4894
  • Saudi Arabia1,716.5641 → 1,912.9661+196.4020

Fell most

  • Libya2,610.6639 → 1,862.8923−747.7716
  • Israel1,984.0773 → 1,403.6072−580.4701
  • United Kingdom4,766.6644 → 4,519.1729−247.4915
  • Kuwait1,351.7593 → 1,154.0087−197.7506
  • United States30,921.7737 → 30,817.3350−104.4387

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from EDGAR’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1974.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EDGAR) (1974). Methane Emissions, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/methane-emissions/1974

0656 held

Other years

07Questions

Methane Emissions, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest methane emissions in Methane Emissions, 1974?

United States, at 30,817.3350, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Methane Emissions, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Methane Emissions, 1974 cover?

207.

Where can I download Methane Emissions, 1974?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Methane Emissions, 1974 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Methane Emissions, 2025.

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